Despite every smartphone on the market featuring an onboard camera, it looks like they aren’t replacing compact cameras just yet – at least that’s what Sony UK thinks. Speaking to TechRadar, the company believes that despite the drop in sales in recent months (it dropped by around 30% last year), the DSC (digital stills camera) “is in a pretty healthy state”. Other manufacturers have pulled out of the low-end market because of disappointing results but with reports of increased sales of higher end compacts, it looks like companies will be focusing on them instead.
However, Sony believes that compact cameras still have an edge over smartphone cameras, “With the better cameras, the (ones that cost) £150, £200 upwards, people get a lot of improvement in the zoom, in the capability of the camera, there are some very very versatile cameras now in that DSC arena…There is always a reason to buy a digital compact camera and take it out on those special occasions.”
But with all the advancements in smartphone cameras, compact cameras might soon be overtaken unless they find a way to innovate soon. How many of you have stopped using your compact camera after getting a smartphone?
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